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Citizen Kane

1941
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Mothers and sons, Spanish-American War, 1898, Nightclubs, Drunkenness, Wards and guardians, Boardinghouses, Atlantic City (NJ), Stock market crash of 1929, Libraries and librarians, Reporters

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Cast: Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead
Director: Orson Welles
Writer: Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles
Cinematographer: Gregg Toland, Harry Wild, Russell A. Cully, Russell Metty
Editor: Robert Wise
Production Designers: Van Nest Polglase
Production Company: Mercury Productions, Inc.","RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.

Although it has been honored by AFI as the best film of all time, CITIZEN KANE (1941) was controversial during its own era, and William Randolph Hearst campaigned hard to prevent its release. Newspapers owned by the tycoon were forbidden to mention the film or run advertisements… Learn more at the AFI Catalog

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